8/30/1942 – 2/4/2026 Influential Lakewood basketball coach Tim Sweeney passed suddenly last week at the age of 83, leaving behind a long legacy of coaching and mentorship. Sweeney was the boys’ basketball coach for the Lancers from 1980-1992, winning the school’s only CIF-SS championship in the sport in 1982. Lakewood’s gym is named in his […]
The562’s coverage of aquatic sports in Long Beach in 2025-26 is sponsored by Watersafe Swim School. The562’s coverage of Millikan Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Brian Ramsey and TLD Law. The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Former Jackrabbits Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. […]
The first full week of the winter CIF Southern Section playoffs continues today, with Wilson wrapping up Open Division girls’ water polo play as well as the opening round for 10 boys’ basketball and soccer teams. Wednesday, February 11 CIF-SS Girls’ Water Polo Open Division: Wilson at San Marcos (Dos Pueblos High), 6pm CIF-SS Boys’ […]
The first full week of the winter CIF Southern Section playoffs kicks off today, with three Moore League water polo teams competing in the second round of the playoffs. League champ Wilson is in the Open Division and will wrap up play tomorrow at San Marcos in Santa Barbara. Tuesday, February 10 Division 2: Millikan […]
The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. A legend of the diamond is hanging them up after a record-setting career. Longtime Lakewood baseball coach Walter “Spud” O’Neil confirmed that this season will be his last as coach of the Lancers. “I’m ready,” he said. “It’s time for the younger people […]
Rendering courtesy city of Long Beach After more than a decade of waiting, it looks like Long Beach might finally get a replacement for the historic Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool. At a recent Long Beach City Council meeting, the council unanimously approved a construction contract for a new Belmont Beach & Aquatics Center, to be […]
Photo by Nevaeh Guadamuz Many Long Beach Unified School District high school students walked out of class or school Friday morning, part of a nationwide protest over ICE enforcement here and across the country. We asked high school students from the comprehensive LBUSD high schools for their opinions on the protest–good, bad, or anything in […]
The562’s coverage of Long Beach Poly Athletics for the 2025-26 school year is sponsored by Former Jackrabbits Wendell “WoWo” Moe, Jr. & Tyson Ruffins. Long Beach Poly football fans are the largest and loudest group of local sports fans in the city, and they’re never shy about expressing their opinion. Recently, Jackrabbit fans and the larger […]
Just a few days after copper thieves hit the Long Beach Little League fields at Stearns Champions Park, there’s good news to report. The City of Long Beach’s parks and recreation department leapt into action on Monday and got nine of the 10 light poles that had been vandalized fixed that day. “Thank you to […]
Photo by David Silverman, New England Patriots photographer Another year, another Jackrabbit going to the Super Bowl. Long Beach Poly alum Alex Austin will play in Super Bowl LX in two weeks in Santa Clara after making it to the country’s biggest sporting event as a member of the New England Patriots. Poly has been […]